I wish to state the obvious that when people are encouraged to get involved and contribute to the process of making our neighbourhood safer, we are not talking about people acting on their own, taking any direct intervention action or any kind of vigilante action at all. That is not what we are about! We need to be aware of what is going down in our area, note the detail information about possible criminal activity so it is made available to those charged with the responsibility to check the veracity of these reports and act appropriately based on non prejudiced observation and sound evidence.
What is reported by the community should be done in the interest of limiting criminal activity that is undermining the safety of the Observatory community. I have been reassured that there is no automatic guilt assumed from observations reported by the community and no untested information will be relied on by SAPS without investigating these carefully themselves. Regards, Marc From: Tahirih Michot Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 2:39 PM To: obsnw@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [obsnw] Drug deal in Main Road outside Reservoir Lounge at lunchtime yesterday. Hi Jenny Thank you very much for the detailed message about what you have been observing in the main road. Your feedback and questions are important. As residents it is something we need to work together to address. The fact that there is a forum for us to share what we are experiencing and observing is really crucial too. For years I would see things but have no where to share it. ONW has proven to be a great support in this regard and makes a huge difference when it comes to connecting what is happening in one street with another. Things are never isolated... It is going to be impossible to change what you are observing on main road unless we come together and support one another. You should not have to tackle the main road without a lot more support from the rest of the people, like myself, living in the area. I will keep a look out and help to contribute to the process of making our neighbourhood safer. Thank you for your commitment and determination, it is invaluable and i hope it inspires more people to get involved too. Kind regards Tahirih On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 1:19 AM, Jenny Calder <jennycald...@gmail.com> wrote: Two white cars arrived a few minutes apart from each other. The dealer parked at the top of Roman Road. The buyer arrived shortly after the dealer and parked in front of Reservoir Lounge on Main Road. The dealer then left his car and walked slowly to the other car and got in at the passenger side. They sat in the car together for about 3 minutes. He then got out of the buyer's car. The buyer sped off. The dealer then noticed me and walked a little faster to his car. He got it and couldn't get out of there fast enough. Unfortunately I couldn't get any closer to the buyer's car but the dealer's numberplate was very clear. The first image is the dealer's car and the second the buyer. This happens under our noses every day. I don't know which is busier, Reservoir Lounge or La Verte because they stop there almost daily. Today I witnessed at least another 18 or 19 deals on the street without even trying to find them. Just there, blatantly trading drugs in full view of the public and when they see me mockingly laugh in my face because they can get away with it. Tomorrow I'll see the same, maybe more, maybe less but guaranteed the 7 addicts that I see at least once daily will cross my path either getting or having got their drugs. The dealers now gather them all on the street before sauntering out of La Verte and then opening a hand and one by one he dishes them out to the addicts. The addicts are now openly smoking and shooting their drugs on the street. They no longer bother to hide too much. Invariably as you pass La Verte, you will see them gathered underneath the staircase at Betting World doing their drugs. Or they do as they did today. The run across the road to the derelict building opposite the Total Garage and sit behind the wall and do whatever they do with drugs. All the while mocking me across the street. Today there were nine of them at the building because they roped a few in from Salt River. 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